Editing Yangon (section)

==Etymology and pronunciation==
The name ''Yangon'' ({{lang|my|ရန်ကုန်}}) is derived from the combination of the [[Burmese language|Burmese]] words {{lang|my-Latn|yan}} ({{wikt-lang|my|ရန်}}) and {{lang|my-Latn|koun}} ({{wikt-lang|my|ကုန်}}), which mean 'enemies' and 'run out of', respectively. This word combination can be translated as 'End of Strife'.

The name is pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˌ|j|æ|ŋ|ˈ|ɡ|ɒ|n}} {{respell|yang|GON}} in British English and {{IPAc-en|ˌ|j|ɑː|n|ˈ|ɡ|oʊ|n}} {{respell|yahn|GOHN}} in American English.<ref>{{cite LPD|3}}</ref>

The former romanization, ''Rangoon'', was based on the [[Rakhine dialect]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.academia.edu/25917223 |title=Burma or Myanmar? Burmese or Burman? Rangoon or Yangon? |author=Khin Maung Saw |date=2009 |access-date=2024-02-04 |quote=The British in India who used to have contact only with the Arakanese as 'native speakers' of the Burmese language called the city "Rangoon" in their own version of the Arakanese pronunciation 'Ran-gon.'}}</ref> and pronounced {{IPAc-en|ɹ|æ|ŋ|ˈ|ɡ|uː|n}} {{respell|rang|GOON}} in English.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Rangoon |encyclopedia=[[Collins English Dictionary]] |date=n.d. |publisher=[[Harper-Collins]] |location=[[Glasgow]] |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/rangoon |access-date=2024-02-04 }}</ref>